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The width of a vessel at the widest point, or a point alongside the ship at the mid-point of its length.
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The weight of water displaced by the immersed volume of a ship's hull, exactly equivalent to the weight of the whole ship.
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The vessel's angle of lean or tilt to one side, in the direction called roll. Typically refers to a lean caused by flooding or improperly loaded or shifted cargo (as opposed to 'heeling', which see).
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The usual steering device on larger vessels: a wheel with a horizontal axis, connected by cables to the rudder.
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The underwater section of a vessel beneath the waterline, normally not visible except when in drydock.
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The tube under the hull to bear the tailshaft for propulsion (usually at stern).
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The under-side of the deck above. Sometimes paneled over to hide the pipe work. This paneling, like that lining the bottom and sides of the holds, is the ceiling.
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